6,899 questions with Active Directory tags

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File server and application server migration

Hi, I want to migrate File Servers, application servers and Active Directory users and groups and their members. Around 20 Servers moving from ABC domain to XYZ domain, there is no trust between both Domain Controller. If there no trust between both…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2023-02-28T10:58:41.8+00:00
Anil Kadam 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-28T04:19:04.9+00:00
Anil Kadam 20 Reputation points
2 answers

O365 Sync Issues After On-Premises Exchange Decommissioning

In a transition from a Hybrid environment to nearly full cloud usage, the on-premises Exchange was shut down due to security concerns, following documentation and recommendations while leaving the schema intact. Currently facing issues managing user…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,766 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Management
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Management
Microsoft Exchange: Microsoft messaging and collaboration software.Hybrid Management: Organizing, handling, directing or controlling hybrid deployments.
2,243 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,426 questions
asked 2025-02-13T21:44:08.6+00:00
Anthony Shaw 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-28T02:12:12.2933333+00:00
Alex Zhang-MSFT 5,385 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

ADMT Domain Migration and Office365

Hello Folks , I have 3 local AD domain first is a.local second is b.local third is c.local.... c.local is the old domain and they are 500 users on this domain. b.local is the onprem exchange domain and a.local , b.local users use this domain for only…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,766 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,295 questions
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online: A Microsoft email and calendaring hosted service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,766 questions
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server: A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
7,808 questions
asked 2025-02-02T13:44:31.5933333+00:00
Hakan Guzen 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-28T02:07:40.8133333+00:00
Alex Zhang-MSFT 5,385 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
5 answers

On-Demand Assessment signing certificate expired

Hello, starting from 1st of September 2022, we are experiencing issues with On-Demand Assessments (Active Directory, Azure Active Directory). File processed.trace.<GUID>.adassessment.assessmenttrace reports this error: …

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,426 questions
asked 2022-09-12T20:36:31.73+00:00
Luca Fabbri 156 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-27T17:00:38.3733333+00:00
Egan 0 Reputation points
3 answers

On-Demand Assessment signing certificate expired

Hello! Starting from 12 of May 2023, we are experiencing issues with On-Demand Assessments (Active Directory, Azure Active Directory). File processed.trace.<GUID>.adassessment.assessmenttrace reports this error: Method=LoadCertificate…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,426 questions
asked 2023-05-19T08:32:10.4266667+00:00
Oleg 10 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-27T16:50:42.96+00:00
Egan 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Quota Entries for Local Disk is empty, new entry attempts error saying "User is Unknown."

Not too sure what began the issue, but out of nowhere we realized that all of the quotas in Quota Entries for our RDS server C drive had disappeared. On top of that, if we try to recreate the quotas (or just make any new quota whatsoever) we receive an…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,729 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2025-02-13T17:20:32.8066667+00:00
Jamison Count 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-27T16:22:36.81+00:00
Jamison Count 0 Reputation points
1 answer

remove personalized website recommendations from start menu using a GPO

Hi i am following the CIS Benchmark for Windows 11 and trying to set the GPO Computer configuration\polices\Administrative templates\start menu and taskbar\remove personalized website recommendations. But the option is not there. Does anyone know has it…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2025-02-25T10:46:23.1933333+00:00
Andy Cerasoli 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-26T14:32:59.41+00:00
Zunhui Han 3,410 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can't promote DC - "verification of prerequisites for active directory preparation failed "the specified user is not a member of the following groups"

Hello, I am trying to promote a DC into an existing domain. This is the account on the existing domain I am using.

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,729 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2023-05-04T21:35:03.9633333+00:00
Boe Dillard 666 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-26T12:22:07.8133333+00:00
Kenny Wendel 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Domain Controllers (Production - Non-Production Test environment)

Hello Microsoft Community, I’m seeking some recommendations regarding the configuration of Domain Controllers for our production and non-production test environments. Currently, both our production and non-production (test) environments are within the…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2025-02-10T09:34:35.22+00:00
Ahmed Essam 140 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-26T10:31:52.49+00:00
Thameur-BOURBITA 35,681 Reputation points
1 answer

Issue with Azure VPN Point-to-Site Authentication Using Azure AD (Entra ID) – Users Not Restricted by New App Registration

Problem Description: We have configured Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN on our Azure Virtual Network Gateway using Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) authentication. Initially, we added all users to the Enterprise Application "Azure VPN", and everything…

Azure VPN Gateway
Azure VPN Gateway
An Azure service that enables the connection of on-premises networks to Azure through site-to-site virtual private networks.
1,659 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2025-02-18T13:51:47.7166667+00:00
Harish 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-02-26T08:43:42.28+00:00
Venkat V 550 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

How to change "Manage contact information" for a user?

getting this error every time i try to change the information for a users mailbox. Error executing request. The operation on mailbox "User" failed because it's out of the current user's write scope. The action 'Set-Mailbox',…

Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
4,504 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
5,551 questions
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online Management
Microsoft Exchange Online: A Microsoft email and calendaring hosted service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,766 questions
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Management
Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Management
Microsoft Exchange: Microsoft messaging and collaboration software.Hybrid Management: Organizing, handling, directing or controlling hybrid deployments.
2,243 questions
asked 2025-02-18T17:11:55.2366667+00:00
Guillen, Mark 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-26T01:36:03.2233333+00:00
Tianyi Chang (Shanghai Wicresoft Co Ltd) 410 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

Convert synced On-Prem users to Cloud-Only through attribute filtering

Hi, Is it possible to convert a synced user to a cloud only user when disabling the account in the on premise environment? in some cases the mailbox will be made available for a certain time as a shared mailbox, but we would like to remove unnecessary…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,426 questions
asked 2024-02-15T09:34:23.3133333+00:00
Glenn Vanderborght 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-25T22:32:56.82+00:00
ESP IT Guy 41 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

when use Windows Remote Assistance and when use Hyper-V?

If you need to remotely access and control another computer's desktop to troubleshoot issues or provide assistance, use Windows Remote Assistance; if you want to create and manage virtual machines on a computer, use Hyper-V. but the programmer who…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,821 questions
asked 2025-02-05T15:42:56.7566667+00:00
Ryan Jabri 40 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-25T16:47:02.5533333+00:00
Ryan Jabri 40 Reputation points
1 answer

Windows 11 DCDIAG

I just installed Windows 11 and i am getting an error message with DCDiag on my Windows 11 box, this error message does not appear on my Windows 10 box. Is DCDiag not supported on Windows 11? Again...this error message only appears on my Windows 11…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2023-04-11T17:00:48.54+00:00
tech net 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-25T16:20:53.3+00:00
Dave Bovio 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Outlook cannot connect to M365 on RDSH with FSLogix

Hi, I have deployed RDSH on Windows Server 2022. A user is having problems configuring Outlook to Exchange Online. When I try to configure Outlook, I get an autodiscover error: Your connection is not secure. Another user on RDSH doesn't have any…

Microsoft Exchange Online
Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
4,504 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,729 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
FSLogix
FSLogix
A set of solutions that enhance, enable, and simplify non-persistent Windows computing environments and may also be used to create more portable computing sessions when using physical devices.
514 questions
asked 2025-02-11T10:40:37.6+00:00
drClays 146 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-25T07:57:13.1166667+00:00
Bruce Jing-MSFT 9,290 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Unable to create the synchronization service account for Azure Active Directory.

Unable to create the synchronization service account for Azure Active Directory.

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,426 questions
asked 2024-03-28T15:54:22.7533333+00:00
adminmtsaglik 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-24T21:20:27.1933333+00:00
FadiA 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Lost Access to Azure After Transferring Subscription to a New Directory

I've lost access to my two-factor authentication device for a specific directory. After transferring my Azure subscription to a this directory, I'm now unable to log in to revert the change.

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
23,426 questions
asked 2025-02-18T19:04:33.34+00:00
Korner, Noah 25 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-24T15:06:02.6433333+00:00
Korner, Noah 25 Reputation points
1 answer

Windows 11 connecting to Active Directory via Cisco AnyConnect

I'm going to start with the question here and if I need to move this elsewhere, I can. We have just started deploying Windows 11. We have a couple of users that it is working well for, however, just this week two new computers were unable to access…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
10,877 questions
asked 2024-04-05T20:38:27.4733333+00:00
DaChiTriGuy 5 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-21T15:59:35.9266667+00:00
ajay 5 Reputation points
1 answer

Group Policy Management : This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object.

I attempted to create a Group Policy Object (GPO) within a Domain Controller using a Domain Admin account, which operates under an Enterprise Admin account. As part of the configuration, I modified the Take Ownership of Files or Other Objects policy…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2025-02-21T06:35:41.1566667+00:00
Jinalee (Jinalee Arsakulasuriya) 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-21T12:17:37.3+00:00
Daisy Zhou 30,286 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Delete Tenant associeted to "Teams Free"

Hello. Some time ago I created a new tenant with a dedicated user through my Microsoft account. Today I would like to delete the tenant from the Azure portal but it tells me that it is not possible to delete it because a Teams Free license is…

Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,920 questions
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
10,897 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,899 questions
asked 2024-11-05T08:12:39.28+00:00
Marco Sena 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-02-21T07:36:19.52+00:00
Theo 0 Reputation points